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The Board has granted service connection for Parkinson’s Disease, also claimed as essential tremor and dystonia, due to exposure to Agent Orange during service in the territorial waters of Vietnam.

The deciding factor: The Veteran's service aboard the USS Bradley in the territorial waters off of Vietnam entitles him to the presumptive provisions based on exposure to Agent Orange.

Claimed conditions
Parkinson’s Disease, essential tremor, dystonia
How they argued it
Presumptive (no nexus needed)
Exposure basis
Agent Orange / herbicides
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
October 21, 2020
Citation
20068027

Veterans Law Judge

Michael J. Skaltsounis

Decisions by this judge: 2,316 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)

Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.

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